King Lear Quotes

Question 1

Our basest beggars …

Answer 1

Our basest beggars Are in the poorest thing superfluous.
Allow not nature more than nature needs,
Man’s life is cheap as beast’s.” - King Lear, Act 2,
Scene 4

Question 2

let him smell …

Answer 2

let him smell his way to dover - act 3 scene 7

Question 3

‘darkest tradgedy’ …

Answer 3

Kermode

Question 4

power, property and inheritance

Answer 4

dollimore

Question 5

the young shall rise …

Answer 5

‘the young shall rise when the old doth fall’

Question 6

the play ‘king lear’ is monstrously unjust

Answer 6

A.C. bradley

Question 7

Goner and regan are ‘personifications of ingratitude’

Answer 7

Hudson

Question 8

Shake all cares

Answer 8

shake all cares and business from our age

Question 9

Nothing …

Answer 9

Nothing will come from nothing

Question 10

Come not between …

Answer 10

come not between the dragon and his wrath

Question 11

Kind

Answer 11

kind nursery

Question 12

hideous

Answer 12

hideous rashness

Question 13

according to my bond

Answer 13

according to my bond, no more no less

Question 14

now gods …

Answer 14

now gods stand up for bastards

Question 15

the father should be …

Answer 15

the father should be as ward to the dome and the song manage his revenue

Question 16

the bond cracked …

Answer 16

the bond cracked ‘twixt son and father

Question 17

my cue is

Answer 17

my cue is villainous melancholy

Question 18

old fools

Answer 18

old fools are babes again

Question 19

who is that

Answer 19

who is that can tell me who i am

Question 20

how sharper than a

Answer 20

how sharper than a servants tooth it is to have a thankless child

Question 21

I am ashamed that thou

Answer 21

I am ashamed that thou hast power to shake my manhood

Question 22

thou should not have been

Answer 22

thou should have not been old till thou hadn’t been wise

Question 23

no port

Answer 23

no port is free

Question 24

edgar I am

Answer 24

Edgar i am nothing

Question 25

Death on

Answer 25

death on my state

Question 26

dart your blinding

Answer 26

dart your blinding flames into her scornful eyes

Question 27

I abjure all roofs ….

Answer 27

I abjure all roofs to be comrade with the wolf and owl

Question 28

Man’s life

Answer 28

Man’s life is cheap as beasts

Question 29

I will do such things …

Answer 29

I will do such things – what they are yet I know not but they shall be the terrors of the Earth 

Question 30

shut up

Answer 30

shut up your doors

Question 31

crack nature

Answer 31

crack nature moulds

Question 32

my wits begin

Answer 32

my wits being to turn

Question 33

the realm of albion

Answer 33

the reason of albion come to great confusion

Question 34

the younger rises

Answer 34

the younger rises when the old doth fall

Question 35

filial

Answer 35

filial ingratitude

Question 36

pour on …

Answer 36

pour on, i will endure

Question 37

is man no more

Answer 37

is man no more then this? consider him well

Question 38

oppressed nature ..

Answer 38

oppressed nature sleeps

Question 39

winged vengeance

Answer 39

winged van hence overtake such children

Question 40

 better servers have I…

Answer 40

 better service have I never done you than now to bid you hold? 

Question 41

out …

Answer 41

out vile jelly

Question 42

all dark …

Answer 42

all dark and comfortless

Question 43

let him …

Answer 43

let him smell his way to dover

Question 44

as flies are to wanton boys …

Answer 44

as flies are to wanton boys are we to the gods, they kill us for their sport

Question 45

Distribution should ….

Answer 45

Distribution should excess and each man have enough

Question 46

to thee a …

Answer 46

to thee a woman’s services are due

Question 47

she shook holy …

Answer 47

she shook holy water from her heavenly eyes

Question 48

unpublished

Answer 48

unpublished virtues

Question 49

i’ll love thee much

Answer 49

i’ll love thee much; let me unseal the letter

Question 50

why do I trifle thus …

Answer 50

Why do i trifle this his despair is done to cure

Question 51

thy life’s a miracle

Answer 51

thy lifes a miracle. speak it yet again

Question 52

They told me I was everything …

Answer 52

They told me I was everything; tis a lie, I am not ague - proof

Question 53

Down from the waist …

Answer 53

Down from the waist they are centaurs … the sulphurous pit’

Question 54

I am cut

Answer 54

I am cut to the brains

Question 55

Let this kiss …

Answer 55

Let this kiss repair those violent harms

Question 56

Would I were assured …

Answer 56

Would I were assured of my condition

Question 57

I am a very foolish …

Answer 57

I am a very foolish, fond old man

Question 58

Ripeness

Answer 58

ripeness is all

Question 59

Lets away to prison ….

Answer 59

lets away to prison; we two will sing alone like birds i’the cage

Question 60

This gilded …

Answer 60

This gilded serpent

Question 61

(aside) ‘if not i’ll ne’er

Answer 61

if not i’ll ne’er trust medicine

Question 62

became his guide

Answer 62

became his guide … saved him from despair

Question 63

alls cheerless …

Answer 63

alls cheerless, dark and deadly

Question 64

all friends shall taste the

Answer 64

all friends shall taste the wages of their virtues

Question 65

gored …

Answer 65

gored state

Question 66

speak what we feel, not …

Answer 66

speak what we feel not what we ought to say